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    1979 handbook

    High Peak: 1979 local elections

    25 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1978) (46 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 27 · Other 9 · Labour 8 · The Liberal Party 2

    After (end of 1979) (44 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 22 · Labour 12 · Other 8 · The Liberal Party 2

    Ward results

    All Saints3 seats · turnout 64.0%
    Steve CocksLabour1,561
    G. ChattertonRES1,480
    C. TurnerLabour1,313
    K. PowellLabour1,147
    I. GreenhalghConservative1,145
    R. LoveConservative1,012
    Barmoor1 seat · turnout 81.1%
    H. CartledgeIndependent622
    P. JonesLabour226
    Barms2 seats · turnout 75.6%
    A. HitchingsLabour1,467
    B. LanghamLabour1,108
    A. InglefieldConservative801
    Wallace C.Conservative720
    Blackbrook2 seats
    B. ColleyConservative0 ✓
    G. WhiteLIB0 ✓
    Central1 seat
    D. WalterConservative0 ✓
    Chapel East1 seat · turnout 82.0%
    A. PhillipsIndependent622
    C. DawsonConservative337
    D. BryanIndependent160
    Chapel West2 seats
    M. BradburyConservative0 ✓
    K. BradwellConservative0 ✓
    College2 seats
    E. InglefieldConservative0 ✓
    J. StuartConservative0 ✓
    Corbar2 seats · turnout 57.3%
    M. MillicanConservative1,219
    A. AllmanConservative1,034
    R. GarsideLabour590
    Cote Heath2 seats · turnout 47.1%
    T. GillIndependent910
    N. RatcliffeLabour824
    D. SurreyConservative654
    H. RobinsonConservative491
    I. TamsonsIndependent397
    Gamesley2 seats · turnout 74.2%
    J. FrancisLabour1,420
    R. CookeLabour1,346
    H. LemonConservative498
    L. WatsonConservative460
    R. HealdCOMM37
    Hayfield1 seat · turnout 80.0%
    F. BarnesIndependent854
    H. MellorConservative407
    D. WilcoxLabour233
    Ladybower1 seat · turnout 82.1%
    G. BinghamConservative775
    J. ByfordLabour164
    Limestone Peak1 seat
    E. TomlinsonIndependent0 ✓
    New Mills North3 seats · turnout 63.0%
    D. BrennandConservative1,574
    D. LivesleyConservative1,571
    J. MoneConservative1,545
    G. DoughtyLIB1,525
    S. DeardenLabour1,152
    New Mills South2 seats · turnout 71.0%
    J. McMurrayConservative1,226
    H. BurfootLIB1,155
    Allen L.Labour858
    F. BulloughConservative758
    D. FrymanLabour424
    Peveril1 seat
    C. LewisConservative0 ✓
    Simmondley1 seat · turnout 82.5%
    W. HeathConservative674
    M. SlatteryLabour470
    J. AshleyLIB421
    St. Andrews2 seats · turnout 75.8%
    M. JacksonConservative1,125
    R. FergusonConservative1,077
    J. HopkinLabour1,065
    J. PagettLabour1,048
    J. ClarkeCOMM83
    St. Charles2 seats · turnout 72.4%
    D. HoltomLabour1,218
    F. StubbsLabour1,115
    C. MitchellConservative787
    D. TooleConservative777
    T. O'TooleCOMM119
    St. James3 seats · turnout 68.9%
    G. WharmbyConservative1,513
    K. DickensonConservative1,422
    A. LeneyConservative1,407
    R. MannLabour1,353
    C. AshtonLabour1,323
    D. CarrLabour1,308
    St. Johns1 seat · turnout 83.6%
    B. TetlowConservative934
    J. WilcoxLabour205
    Stone Bench2 seats · turnout 62.6%
    W. MorleyLabour1,577
    J. PoultonLabour1,398
    A. Taylor-ClagueConservative553
    Tintwistle1 seat · turnout 86.0%
    R. BennettLabour480
    C. PenningtonConservative449
    Whaley Bridge3 seats · turnout 69.6%
    J. PritchardIndependent2,193
    F. WoodwardIndependent1,854
    H. LittlewoodConservative1,601
    M. BurchLabour1,203
    G. BrownLabour1,147
    B. EverettConservative887